On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 05:29 +0200, Christos Nouskas wrote: > Ray Kohler wrote: > > > Suggestions: > > > > > > 1. Rename all your packages appropriately (e.g. append -heresy or > > > -nodbus or -whatever). This way your packages won't get unistalled if > > > they lag behind the official ones. > > > > No, this isn't how pacman works. If his repo comes before the official > > ones in pacman.conf, it will override them regardless of version > > comparisons. > > > I know, but why would anyone in their right mind put some tro^Wguy's > custom repo _before_ the official ones, especially when the provided > packages are not the nightly builds of <insert_your_fav_app> but ones like > xorg-server? > In the preceding conversations some have said they would. The whole point of his repo is to maintain separate versions of xorg-server sans some bloat.
